Defendants to product liability claims seeking to rely on the 'state of the art' defence must be prepared to provide full particulars (or details) of the facts which they say support the defence prior to trial.

13 December 2014 was a key date for all those operating in the food industry. On this date, most of the provisions of the EU Regulation on the provision of food information to consumers ("the FIC Regulation") came into force across the EU.